Sentence examples for between examiner stringency and from inspiring English sources

In their study on the MRCP UK) clinical examinations McManus et al. found a positive association between examiner stringency and (a) the number of candidates examined, and (b) examiners from an ethnic minority [ 13].

In this study we did not find any relationship between examiner stringency and examiner personality factors.

Ours was a relatively small single site study that overall shows no significant relationships between examiner stringency and personality factors.

If our outlier is the former then the correlations excluding this participant may represent real associations between examiner stringency and the personality factors neuroticism and openness to experience.

Conversely there was a moderate positive correlation between examiner stringency and neuroticism with a correlation coefficient (rho) of 0.73 (p = 0.01).

Analysis excluding the outlier, revealed a moderate negative correlation between examiner stringency and openness to experience with a Spearman's correlation coefficient of – 0.66 (p = 0.03).

As this was a small pilot study we recommend further studies in this field to investigate if there is a relationship between examiner stringency in clinical assessments and personality factors.

The candidates' logit scores can be converted back to scores on the same scale as that used by the examiners, and those marks can be adjusted for differences in examiner stringency and station difficulty (which FACETS calls 'fair marks' and we will call 'adjusted marks').

Although the raw and adjusted marks are very similar, they are not always exactly so, some candidates performing better on the adjusted mark, which takes into account the differences in examiner stringency (and these candidates are the ones who saw more stringent examiners).

In the case where a relationship between personality and examiner stringency is supported further research would be required to determine if the relationship is an association only or if, indeed, personality factors influence examiner stringency.

In addition, if there is a relationship between personality factors and examiner stringency we suggest that personality testing may have a role to play in predicting the scoring behavior of examiners.